Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
The Minister for the Cabinet Office acting through Crown Commercial Service
9th Floor, The Capital, Old Hall Street
Liverpool
L3 9PP
UK
Telephone: +44 3454102222
E-mail: supplier@crowncommercial.gov.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.gov.uk/ccs
I.2) Joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
I.5) Main activity
General public services
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Cloud Compute 2
Reference number: RM6292
II.1.2) Main CPV code
72500000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Crown Commercial Service (CCS) as the Authority has put in place an agreement for the provision of public cloud computing as a multi-Lot, multi-supplier framework agreement, available for use by those potential Buyers listed in the Contract Notice. These are UK public sector bodies and future successor organisations, which includes (but is not limited to): Central Government Departments and their arm’s length bodies and agencies; the wider public sector; and third sector e.g. public sector or third sector organisations in local government, health, education, police, fire and rescue, housing associations and charities.
Buyers will be able to fulfil their public cloud computing needs directly from core cloud service suppliers or choose to fulfil their requirements indirectly through resellers who will also make available additional value-adding ancillary services that support the customer’s adoption, usage or optimisation of the core cloud services.
This framework agreement also makes available professional services that will provide Buyers with specific enabling work which is short-term in nature and leaves the Buyer in a more capable state than before.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
Yes
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
1 305 000 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
Lot No: 1
II.2.1) Title
Core Services
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
30211100
30211300
48000000
48211000
48620000
48700000
72000000
72212211
72212620
72300000
72310000
72311300
72317000
72322000
72416000
72421000
72422000
72500000
72600000
72611000
72800000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Core Services including integrated feature-rich “IaaS” and “PaaS” services delivered via the public internet and/or other UK government approved network by suppliers in sole control of their infrastructure.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Quality
/ Weighting: 90
Price
/ Weighting:
10
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
II.2.14) Additional information
12 Suppliers were awarded a place on Lot 1.
Lot No: 2
II.2.1) Title
Value Added Ancillary Services
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
30211100
30211300
48000000
48211000
48620000
48700000
72000000
72212211
72212620
72300000
72310000
72311300
72317000
72322000
72416000
72421000
72422000
72500000
72600000
72611000
72800000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Value-Added Ancillary Services including cloud optimisation, economic management of the Core Services and transition away from legacy technology.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Quality
/ Weighting: 90
Price
/ Weighting:
10
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
II.2.14) Additional information
Only the services of Cloud Service Suppliers who were successful on Lot 1 will be eligible to be resold by Lot 2 Suppliers. 39 Suppliers were awarded a place on Lot 2.
Lot No: 3
II.2.1) Title
Professional Services
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
72000000
72300000
72500000
72600000
72611000
72800000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Professional Services including consultancy, training, cloud auditing, strategy development and road mapping.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Quality
/ Weighting: 90
Price
/ Weighting:
10
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
II.2.14) Additional information
78 Suppliers were awarded a place on Lot 3.
Lot No: 4
II.2.1) Title
Cloud Secure +
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
30211100
30211300
48000000
48211000
48620000
48700000
72000000
72212211
72212620
72300000
72310000
72311300
72317000
72322000
72416000
72421000
72422000
72500000
72600000
72611000
72800000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Cloud Secure+, including value-added ancillary services and Professional Services suitable for UK Secret requirements according to NCSC higher security classification.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Quality
/ Weighting: 90
Price
/ Weighting:
10
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
II.2.14) Additional information
10 Suppliers were awarded a place on Lot 4.
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
IV.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2023/S 000-020974
Section V: Award of contract
Lot No: 1
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
28/11/2023
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 123
Number of tenders received from tenderers from EU Member States: 2
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 90
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 123
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
See Contracts Finder Notice for full supplier list
9th Floor, The Capital, Old Hall Street.
Liverpool
L3 9PP
UK
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 1 305 000 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
The value provided in Section II.1.7 is only an estimate. We cannot guarantee to suppliers any business through this Commercial Agreement.
As part of this contract award notice the following can be accessed at:
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/dd2358eb-2fb0-4eba-b303-77d39054f75f.
1) Redacted Commercial Agreement
2) List of Successful Suppliers
3) Approved Customer list
4) Transparency Agenda
On 02/04/2014, Government introduced its Government Security
Classifications (GSC) scheme which replaced Government Protective
Marking Scheme (GPMS). A key aspect is the reduction in the number of security classifications used. All bidders were required to make themselves aware of the changes as it may impact this requirement. This link provides information on the GSC at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/government-security-classifications
Cyber Essentials is a mandatory requirement for Central Government contracts which involve handling personal information or provide certain ICT products/services. Government is taking steps to reduce the levels of cyber security risk in its supply chain through the Cyber Essentials scheme. The scheme defines a set of controls which, when implemented, will provide organisations with basic protection from the most prevalent forms of threat coming from the internet. To participate in this procurement, bidders were required to demonstrate they comply with the technical requirements prescribed by Cyber Essentials, for services under and in connection with this procurement.
For Lot 1,2,3 and 4. 39 suppliers were awarded a place as opposed to the 30 suppliers as was originally stated in the Contract Notice that was published on 30/06/2023.
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
The Minister for the Cabinet Office acting through Crown Commercial Service
9th Floor, The Capital, Old Hall Street
Liverpool
L3 9PP
UK
Telephone: +44 3454102222
E-mail: supplier@crowncommercial.gov.uk
Internet address(es)
URL: https://www.crowncommercial.gov.uk/
VI.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures
The Minister for the Cabinet Office acting through Crown Commercial Service
9th Floor, The Capital, Old Hall Street
Liverpool
L3 9PP
UK
Telephone: +44 3454102222
E-mail: supplier@crowncommercial.gov.uk
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
14/12/2023